Still sticking with the low budget approach, I'd perhaps cover the first 3 feet of the walls and ceiling with black velvet, and the following 3 ~ 6 feet of the walls with a flat black cloth. Your ceiling is already going to be black, so it won't need anything past the velvet. You can staple, velcro, glue or otherwise hang the cloth, but keep in mind that velvet is quite heavy.

Jo-Ann Fabrics sells black velvet, and they have a black cloth called 'Home Essentials' that I think I used. I also found that Ikea makes some great black curtains that are cheap, called 'Ritva'. I used these with their 'Dignitet' hanging wire to rig up a kind of black tent around my screen.

That dignitet wire seems to run 16 feet, which is great. Can I use that to run atop a 16 foot wall and then simply hang flat black fabric from one end to the other? This will take care of the side walls.

Around the screen I would run the same dignitet for black fabric behind the screen wall. However, I would like to hang red velvet drapes on either side of the screen. Would I use another dignitet for that, simply attaching the velvet to the wire?

Anyone here using CalMan can answer this? Search has turned up nothing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVfile

I have CalMan 5.2.3 and was able to AutoCal using the RS232 port, but I saw an option for Ethernet in the software. I know the SpectraCal documentation says we must use RS232 for internal patterns (JVC limitation) but just wanted to make sure this was still true. Is the LAN connection supported for AutoCal or not?

- AVStefan
If you like someone's post, just use the Like button to give thanks.

That dignitet wire seems to run 16 feet, which is great. Can I use that to run atop a 16 foot wall and then simply hang flat black fabric from one end to the other? This will take care of the side walls.

Around the screen I would run the same dignitet for black fabric behind the screen wall. However, I would like to hang red velvet drapes on either side of the screen. Would I use another dignitet for that, simply attaching the velvet to the wire?

The fabric from Jo-Ann's might be correct, but to be honest, I don't remember what it was called, and wouldn't know again unless I actually touched it. If you're going to Ikea for the Dignitet wire, you should probably pick up the black curtains from them as well.

Ready made curtains are made flat, with strings that you pull to make them sort of bunch up. I didn't pull the strings, and actually cut off the header tape altogether. I folded over the edges, and ironed about 3/4" hem, bonded with heat bonding tape. It's held together well for around 2 years now, and it's much cheaper than paying someone to sew a hem, or buying a sewing machine to do it yourself.

The Dignitet wire is desgined, I believe, to be used with the Riktig curtain hooks and clips. If you've kept the header tape, you'd use the hooks I think. If you've hemmed the edge like I did, you'd use the clips.

I ordered the additional corner bracket for the Dignitet wires, so the edges of my curtains go around the screen wall up to the screen as well, but I suppose you could use a third wire for that wall.

The wall covering behind the screen won't have much affect on the image on the screen, but a darker material will improve the perception of black. If the black you're achieving for other reasons isn't great, it could be argued that a lighter screen wall is better!

I didn't use velvet for the walls and ceiling, because it's just too heavy to hang really. It's also expensive in large sizes! Velvet might be better still, but like I said, when you start treating the room, small changes have a big impact. The difference between velvet and cheaper, lighter, black cloth will be quite small; the difference between any black cloth and no cloth at all will be huge.

If you're following all of this, you'll be re-creating almost exactly what I have in my living room. I found my post that I was looking for that has images:Official JVC DLA-RS46 / DLA-X35 owners thread. I have since improved on this slightly, by adding a sort of 'hood', which I made from the Jo-Ann's cloth. This covers the area above the screen up to the curtain wire, and out from the screen by about 2'. This did improve things again, even though my ceiling is very high, those first reflections off the screen are what really needs absorbing.

That's enough typing on the forums for today... I'm off to watch a 3D Blu-ray. It's going to be either Boxtrolls, Sin City 2, or Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

There is lag of course. I only really noticed it in fps games to be honest. So if your a die hard cod fan and get mad when you get killed a projector might not be for you

a JVC projector might not be for him. but I think the benq w1070 is under 20ms of lag, which kicks the butt of 90% of the flat panels on the market today

x35 is right around 80ms iirc, which is right at that point of being noticeable, and troublesome for 'twitch' games. I actually don't even notice it with FPS, but I'm that guy with the 1/10 K/D ratio at the best of times, so I generally don't even bother with online gaming. the campaign against the computer works just fine for me.

a JVC projector might not be for him. but I think the benq w1070 is under 20ms of lag, which kicks the butt of 90% of the flat panels on the market today

x35 is right around 80ms iirc, which is right at that point of being noticeable, and troublesome for 'twitch' games. I actually don't even notice it with FPS, but I'm that guy with the 1/10 K/D ratio at the best of times, so I generally don't even bother with online gaming. the campaign against the computer works just fine for me.

Thanks. I don't do online FP games, and am not a harcore gamer in that regard. Just hoping it wouldn't be annoying with the 80ms lag on general single player games.

Any PS4 owners on here that could comment on whether there is noticeable lag with games on the X35?

(apologies if this was covered earlier in the thread)

I am a near-hardcore racing gamer, and my experience with F1 racing (PS4) was good … not enough lag to detract from the enjoyment on such a massive screen. Hard-core FPS players probably wouldn't like it.

I've been playing Destiny on mine and a 115" screen since Sept. If there is a lag. I dont notice it. In fact when I play it on a regular display I don't notice a difference. So either I really stink or there isn't really one on the projector.